The Shemwell Family

William Cassard Cull1919

Name
William Cassard Cull
Given names
William Cassard
Surname
Cull
Birth September 30, 1919 23 21
Census January 4, 1920 (Age 3 months)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 10 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a fatherClarence Harvey Cull
January 20, 1934 (Age 14 years)
Cause: Suicide by hanging
Census May 3, 1940 (Age 20 years)
Death of a motherEdith Indiana Cassard
January 21, 1942 (Age 22 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 22 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a maternal grandmotherEdith Virginia Dowell
May 24, 1947 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 30 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 26 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Deathunknown

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father
Clarence Harvey Cull
Birth: December 15, 1895Michigan, United States
Death: January 20, 1934Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
mother
Marriage: October 22, 1918Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Divorce: before 1930
11 months
himself
William Cassard Cull
Birth: September 30, 1919 23 21Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Death:

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Clarence H Cull - Household

Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Cull, Clarence HheadMW34MMIMICanadabrokerstocks and bonds
Cull, IndianawifeFW20MMDMDMD
Cassard, Edithmother in lawFW57WdMDMDMD
Cull, WilliamsonMW3 monthsSMIMIMD

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Edith Virginia Dowell - Household

Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Cassard, Edith VheadFW80WdMD
Cull, WilliamgrandsonMW20SMD